New horizons Definition and 13 Threads

My name is Andrés and I am a Colombian mathematician, I would like to learn a lot in this forum, where can I start asking questions? Thank you very much.

New Pluto images from NASA's New Horizons New close-up images of Pluto from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft reveal a bewildering variety of surface features that have scientists reeling because of their range and complexity. Continue reading...

The New Horizons results on Pluto are tantalizing. I was trying to come up with methods to get an orbiter or lander there. The problem is at a 31 AU distance from Earth solar power would only be 1/1000th as strong. However, with parabolic mirrors or Fresnel lenses we could focus a large amount...

Into July. Now only two weeks to wait for the real thing ... ! http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html

Pluto, Charon, Hydra, Nix, Kerberos and Styx rapidly grow larger as New Horizons approaches, and then passes through the system. It then proceeds to pass through the umbra shadows of both Pluto and Charon so scientists can study their atmospheres. In this simulation, you can control the speed...

From here: http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/04/29/pluto_new_horizons_sees_surface_features_for_the_first_time.html "At a press conference on Wednesday astronomers working on the New Horizons space probe revealed new images that show surface features on Pluto for the first time!"

There is a public campaign to submit names for the features on Pluto and Charon. This opportunity ends on April 24, 2015. I have already nominated Leonard Nimoy since Pluto is the god of the underworld and Charon carries the souls of the newly deceased across the river Styx to the afterlife I...

For anyone interested in the New Horizons Pluto encounter you can view it's progress here: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/

The New Horizons space probe is getting close enough to get some interesting pictures of Pluto and Charon, including this little animation that illustrates how Pluto and Charon orbit around their combined center of mass. I find this amazing. When I was born, no one had ever launched an...

Author: Tom Apostol, Mamikon Mnatsakanian Title: New Horizons in Geometry Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/088385354X/?tag=pfamazon01-20

I know that they planned on going to Pluto then another Kuiper belt object, but have they found another besides Pluto? And what are they going to do after that, are they going to shoot for space like the voyager spacecraft ?

Suggest some good books in QED for a beginner ? I have holidays going on after my exams so thought if i could study something new on my own (i don't know how much will i be able to grasp ) although its not in my course .

Anyone else watching the Launch of the Pluto probe? www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html They've just filled the Helium and Oxygen tanks to flight levels and are performing tests on them. About T minus 35-40 minutes.